Esther 1:3
3in the third year of his reign ahe gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,Esther 1:14
14the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and bMemucan, cthe seven princes of Persia and Media, dwho saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom):Esther 1:18-19
18This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so ethat it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.Jeremiah 25:25
25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of fElam, and all the kings of gMedia;Daniel 5:28
28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to hthe Medes and iPersians.” ▼Daniel 6:8
8Now, O king, establish kthe injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to lthe law of mthe Medes and the Persians, nwhich cannot be revoked.”Daniel 8:20
20As for othe ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of pMedia and Persia.Daniel 9:1
Daniel’s Prayer for His People
1 qIn the first year of rDarius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a sMede, who was made king over the realm of the tChaldeans—
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